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UK Agency Files OOXML Complaint, EU Demurs

Posted by kdawson on from the we-know-we-know-already dept.

Christopher Blanc writes to let us know that although BECTA, the British Educational Communications and Technology Agency, has filed a complaint with EU regulators about Microsoft's business practices, the European Commission won't be doing anything particular about it. BECTA claimed that the OOXML format discourages competition. BECTA lodged a similar complaint with the UK Office of Fair Trading last October. A Commission press officer said, "We are already looking into the issues raised in that complaint already and we are not treating it as a formal complaint to us."

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  1. Trasform teaching? by Gat0r30y · · Score: 4, Funny

    Microsoft insisted that it is "deeply committed" to education and interoperability. More schools are upgrading to Windows Vista and Office 2007 as they recognize the benefit of "embracing technology to transform teaching and learning," I'm not sure I want teaching to get transformed like this. It doesn't sound pleasant.
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    Prediction: The real iPhone killer is going to be sex robots from Japan. Think about it.
    1. Re:Trasform teaching? by DoofusOfDeath · · Score: 4, Funny

      I'm not sure I want teaching to get transformed like this. It doesn't sound pleasant.

      Actually, it's a time-honoured approach to teaching. In ancient Greece it was widespread for teachers to bugger their young students.